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Students who had not finished their final copy of the weekend paragraph continued typing. The rest of the class started typing the 3 middle paragraphs of their 5 paragraph essay on their Thanksgiving vacation. Very busy fingers!

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On the back of your COPS page write the difference between a clueing topic sentence and a specific topic sentence. (Hint: one includes a list of ideas , and the other gives a clue about what you included in the paragraph.

Skills:
Writing compound sentences
Writing topic sentences, detail sentences, and clincher (concluding) sentences.
Using the writing process in paragraph writing and multi-paragraph essays
Identifying and writing appositives

HOMEWORK:
Read/Record
Complete COPS analysis worksheet on your weekend paragraph.

Posted by Mrs. Beals